God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 324 There Are Bad Omens (Part Three)
Finally, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were sent away.

Li Chengqian then called Zou Fengchi. During this period of time, he seldom paid attention to his career.

When Zou Fengchi came, he asked, "Tell me, how is the situation during this period of time?"

He has been focusing on education, and he has cared much less about Feng Tang Company.

Zou Fengchi said: "His Royal Highness, our Zhenguan plow can already produce [-] per day, but the order is still scheduled until the end of next year!"

As soon as Zou Fengchi's words came out, Li Chengqian realized that the problem was very serious.

That meant their business was booming, but another problem popped up.If the Zhenguan plow cannot be promoted in time, if you want to plant more fields next year, it will basically be affected, and farmers will reclaim the land within the same period of time.

So, he said: "Tell me, how many branches does Fengtang Commercial Bank have in Datang now?"

"It has been set up in a hundred places."

One hundred points, as far as Datang is concerned, is not too much. In fact, it is the main place to set points, but this kind of setting must have cost a lot of money, and ordinary people really can't do it.

Li Chengqian was very satisfied after hearing this, so he said:

"Okay! I want you to recruit a large number of people to produce Zhenguan plows. No matter what method is used, all Zhenguan plows must be delivered before the spring of next year!"

"This……"

Zou Fengchi looked embarrassed.

"What? Is there a problem?"

"The villain is afraid of not having enough money!"

"Why is it not enough? An order is issued. Those who order must pay part of the deposit first, and then pay the rest. If it is not enough, you can take out my part of the money and put it first."

Li Chengqian's shares in Fengtang Commercial Bank are very scary.During this period of time, the wealth they accumulated was also very considerable, and a large amount of money was entered into the account every day.

If Zou Fengchi only used his money, it would not be enough.

If it doesn't work according to Li Chengqian's method, then Li Chengqian has nothing to do.

"If that's the case, it's doable!"

Zou Fengchi said so.

It turned out to be true, Zou Fengchi really didn't dare to use Li Chengqian's part of the money, he was really cautious.

It was only Li Chengqian who spoke.

"One more thing, with these [-] points, our industry will also spread outwards, and we can spread the goods evenly, especially the soybean oil product! Do you know?"

For a period of time, soybean oil has achieved great success, which can be said to be in short supply. If Chang'an is successful, then other places are naturally similar. His thinking is modern thinking.

"This little understanding!"

As a businessman, Zou Fengchi certainly understood.

"Okay, go down and deal with it, remember quality first!"

"As ordered!"

Zou Fengchi left the East Palace just now, and after a while, Wei Zheng came to find Li Chengqian again.

"Wei Zheng, why are you looking for this king?"

Li Chengqian sat down and asked.

"His Royal Highness, there are quite a lot of new news about the five surnames and Qiwang recently."

"Oh? What happened to them again? Tell me one by one."

"Yes, the first thing, regarding the books, we have reduced the books to one-half of the original, but they are desperately following, because we have already touched the cost price, so I came to ask His Royal Highness , Next, shall we follow or not?"

"How many of our books are unsold?"

"There are still [-] volumes!"

"One hundred thousand, very good, another half!"

Li Chengqian said grandly.

But Wei Zheng showed a trace of doubt.

"What! If it drops any further, we're afraid we'll lose money! Now the average book is 150 Wen, and if it's reduced again, it's equivalent to [-] Wen. We've already touched our lower limit!"

"It's okay, you can still lower it. This king will give you a limit, at least fifty coins per book!"

"Ah! Fifty cents a piece! My God, isn't that too low?"

This frightened Wei Zheng, because if it goes on like this, he might die at a loss.

"Come, come, come and see this!"

Li Chengqian said while holding the newly produced paper.

"This is……?"

"This is the paper produced by the king with a new method. It has better quality and lower cost. It can be reduced to one-fifth of the original cost, and the paper-making speed is ten times faster than before!"

"What! This is impossible! Such a good quality has never been seen in my Tang Dynasty!"

Holding the paper in his hand, Wei Zheng said.

"We can start trial production tonight. If these papers enter the market, then our cost will be even lower, at [-] cents a piece, we can still make money.

Of course, as long as we don’t lose money on selling books, we’re here to make books affordable for everyone! "

Li Chengqian's words made Wei Zheng nod his head uncontrollably.

"Okay, what about the second thing?"

"You don't need to talk about the second matter, because His Royal Highness has already resolved it!"

"Oh? About paper?"

"Yes, His Majesty issued an order not to increase the price, but they directly controlled the quantity and reduced the supply. But after reading the papers from His Royal Highness, there is no need to talk about it."

These guys are really omnipotent. Li Shimin has policies, and they have countermeasures. If they don't sell them, Li Shimin can't do anything about them.

Li Chengqian sneered and said:
"Hmph, they're going to lose money this time. When the new book comes out, the quality of the book will be better and the price will be lower. Let's see who will buy their book!?"

"That's it!"

"Any more?"

"No more, everything else is useless because of His Royal Highness's new paper!"

It’s really a piece of paper to solve a thousand worries, it’s better this way.

While the two were discussing, the sky suddenly changed color, and then the sky gradually darkened, just like night.

This made Wei Zheng tremble.

"It's Tiangou Shiri! His Royal Highness, be careful!"

The ancients believed that a solar eclipse was a "bad omen"

Due to the existence of totem worship in ancient times, people worshiped natural phenomena such as the sun, moon and stars as gods.Solar eclipses cause damage to the sun, which naturally arouses fear, coupled with the guidance of the ruling class or religion, so that people mistakenly believe that solar eclipses herald "bad omens".

The ruling class in ancient China believed that the appearance of a solar eclipse should be due to the injustice of the king and the political disorder, which offended the heavens. Therefore, it is not just a general warning to offend the world.

Chinese folks believe that evil gods like "Tengu" are against people and deliberately destroy the sun on which all things live.

At the same time, Xue Rengui also rushed over from the outside. At this time, he should be by Li Chengqian's side to protect him.

But Li Chengqian didn't take it seriously because he knew what it was.

"No fuss!"

He said calmly.

Isn't it just a solar eclipse?As for this?

According to historical records, this period of time happened to be the time of the solar eclipse, and it was in Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)